UNSW engineers have tackled a longstanding problem at the heart of global agriculture: how to make urea for fertilizer ...

Nitrogen fertilizers are applied to crops to increase yield, but some of that nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere in the form of ammonia. Ammonia is a major air pollutant linked to numerous health ...

A newly developed catalyst that transforms nitrate-polluted water into ammonia has potential to be utilized in fertilizer ...

Local government leaders from across Florida tell the Times they support their community’s fertilizer bans. A new report by the University of Florida says more research is needed to determine if ...

The Baltic Sea is one of the world's most oxygen-depleted major bodies of water. The reason is excessive concentrations of phosphorus, an element essential for life—and an important ingredient in ...

Nitrogen is an essential element for living organisms, needed to build DNA, proteins and chlorophyll. Although nitrogen makes up nearly 80% of the air we breathe, it’s availability to plants and ...

Nearly $800 million for water quality programs. Close to $700 million for Everglades restoration. A $100 million Indian River Lagoon Protection program. These are all environmental projects Gov. Ron ...

A proposal to tax the fertilizer that farmers use to boost crop yields — in the hopes of treating nitrate pollution of water in southeastern Minnesota — passed its first test on Thursday in the House ...

On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air ...